[Introduced January 19, 2012; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the
Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating
to the Vote-by-Mail Pilot Project Phase 2: Voting by Mail.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the twenty-ninth day of July, two thousand eleven, authorized under the
authority of section three, article three-a, chapter three, of this
code, modified by the Secretary of State to meet the objections of
the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the
State Register on the twenty-third day of December, two thousand
eleven, relating to the Secretary of State (Vote-by-Mail Pilot
Project Phase 2: Voting by Mail, 153 CSR 39), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary
of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Vote-by-Mail Pilot Project Phase 2: Voting by Mail.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.